4 Topic Commentaries

Can Portal Hypertension Testing Go Non-invasive?

Can Portal Hypertension Testing Go Non-invasive?

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  Richard L. Ehman, MD

  Radiology; Magnetic Resonance Elastography

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  Mayo Clinic

  MR elastography is a technique for imaging the mechanical properties of tissue.

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  Bo Zhu, PhD

  Biomedical Imaging; MRI Methods

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  MGH/HST Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School

  We combined two imaging techniques that measure different biophysical properties of liver fibrosis—tissue stiffness and collagen content—to stage the severity of fibrotic progression.

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  Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MBBS

  Gastroenterology; Endoscopic Ultrasound

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  When liver doctors need to know whether a patient is at risk for cirrhosis or cancer, we can now use EUS to see for ourselves.

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  William Palmer, MD

  Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Noninvasive Liver Staging

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  Mayo Clinic

  We also have the most advanced imaging tests that in many cases eliminate the need for an invasive liver biopsy to diagnose the stage of the disease.

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